Temple of Light

The Temple of Light is where the light of Xaryxis is harnessed for the astral elves’ use. Atop the temple is a giant crystal that receives and focuses the Star’s light and channels that energy into a pool in the center of the temple called the Astral Font, which powers the empire’s most potent magic. Andavier, a Lawful Neutral Astral Elf Star Priest, oversees the temple.

The interior of the Temple of Light is large enough to accommodate dozens of people, while hundreds more tend to gather outside.

Astral Font

The Astral Font is a 40-foot-diameter, 2-foot-deep pool of glowing, pale liquid fed by a 10-foot-diameter beam of harmless blue light, which streams down from an aperture in the ceiling 175 feet above. The Astral Font has the following magical properties:

Star Beam. A creature that ends its turn in the beam of light is magically teleported to the radiant core of Xaryxis, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. (The Zodar is immune to this effect.) A creature that enters the star or ends its turn there takes 132 (24d10) radiant damage.

Starlight Spellcasting. Water removed from the Astral Font glows faintly for 24 hours, shedding dim light in a 5-foot radius. A spellcaster who quaffs an ounce or more of the glowing water must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 24 (7d6) psychic damage. On a successful save, the creature gains the ability to cast one spell of their choice from the cleric spell list or the wizard spell list. The chosen spell, which must be of 7th level or lower, uses the caster’s spellcasting ability and requires no material components. Once the spell is cast, it fades from memory. A creature can gain only one such spell at a time and can’t benefit from drinking the pool’s water more than once every 24 hours.